Palliative care has been identified by the Canadian province of Ontario's Ministry of Health as having fundamental developmental deficiencies. In response to these deficiencies, four initiatives were implemented in 1992: (1) education initiatives for interdisciplinary providers; (2) education initia...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a common but relatively understudied childhood injury that can impact cognitive functioning and development. The present report describes a case study of a 14-year-old boy who sustained two consecutive sports-related mTBIs within a 24 h period. Neurocognitive fu...

This article highlights the influence Dr. Shephard's research has had on a young academic's career, and the various lessons that can be learned from working with and following the example of Dr. Shephard.

Albuminuria, which has been defined as an abnormal increase in the urinary
output of the plasma protein albumin, has become a common observation in the urine of
subjects participating in severe physical activity. Identifying the processes which have been
altered by the stimulus of exercise may be of...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate fitness and health adaptations from a training program riding all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and off-road motorcycles (ORM) as the exercise stimulus. Participants (n = 58) were randomized to a control group (n = 12) or one of four experimental groups; 2 days/wee...

Kenyan community leaders called for strengthened sustainable livelihoods for farmers and in 1992 formed a self-help dairy group that was reorganized in 2009 to form the Wakulima Dairy Ltd. (WDL). At WDL, members sell surplus milk to the dairy and, through nongovernmental organization (NGO) partnersh...

The Play it Cool Safe Hockey Program was designed to enhance the
preparation of ice hockey coaches through a structured curriculum,
delivered online. The program consists of seven learning modules which
included: sportsmanship and ethics, athlete centered/practice playing
techniques, skating skills,...

The reported 7-day dietary intake is described for 60 middle-aged and older middle-class adults aged 45-75 years. The 30 men, who apparently were mostly still moderately active (reported average energy intake for 7-day recording period 11.7 +/- 3.6 MJ/day) showed few deficiencies in the intake of ke...

The objective of this study was to investigate whether zinc interacts with taurine to influence the development of the electroretinogram. Virgin female Sprague-Dawley rats were bred overnight and assigned to 1 of 4 treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial design with two levels of zinc (50 μg/g through ges...

Purpose: This study explored the experiences of NICU nurses in caring for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).
Design: A qualitative research approach was used with open-ended questions employing computer-assisted personal interviews.
Sample: Fourteen NICU nurses employed in a regional...

Despite growing interest in the biomechanical mechanisms of sports-related concussion, ice hockey and the youth sport population has not been studied extensively. The purpose of this pilot study was: 1) to describe the biomechanical measures of head impacts in youth minor ice hockey players; and, 2)...

The
significance of the Internet, as a tool for health researchers has yet to be determined. Although search engines
have
been developed to use the Internet in health database information retrieval, the current practice is for health
researchers
to use the Internet as a billboard to post facts and i...

Taurine status and pregnancy outcome were assessed in rats fed low dietary taurine and varying doses of guanidinoethyl sulfonate (GES), a structural analogue of taurine. Female Sprague–Dawley rats (225–270 g) were mated overnight and assigned to one of four groups from day 0 to 20 of gestation...